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DEFINITION: To pose, or posture, in a distinctive manner in order to express one's cultural affinities -- may be accompanied by awkward gestures.
Verboticisms
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Bogue
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: boge
Sentence: Chaz and Shazzer totlaly bogued up some down an' wikkid pics for their myspace, innit?
Etymology: Bo! (pop cultural exclamation, m'lud!) + Vogue (Fashion journal and niche dance craze consisting of adopting a succession of poses akin to those of photographic models in the aforementioned journal)
Remybod
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: remy-both
Sentence: look around, all the people want is remybod
Etymology: read my body
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COMMENTS:
Send me some reading glasses... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:07:00
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Clantitude
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: klan-ti-TUDE
Sentence: This particular shape of body is adopted by members of the McGoogle clan. Clantituding is their way of demonstrating close ties.
Etymology: clan (tribe) + attitude (stance)
Jerksticulate
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: jerk stick u late
Sentence: The sideline announcer was virtually invisible as posing fans jerksticulated before the camera.
Etymology: Jerk (noun and verb) + gesticulate
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COMMENTS:
Oooh. I hadn't seen this one when I made mine ("gesdickulate"). Sorry. - Osomatic, 2007-01-29: 13:46:00
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Classture
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Klars-chur
Sentence: Harry's classture consisted of displaying copious amounts of bling, making West-side hand movements, and lamenting his social environment. He was, of course, the typical British "chav" (NB I'm not an authority on chavs).
Etymology: Class+gesture, but also a mutation of "culture" to suggest 'culture derived from social class'.
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COMMENTS:
Good one Discoveria! Also like the way it rhymes with posture... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:08:00
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Smugmuggle
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: smug/mug/l
Sentence: In order to intimidate the customs officers they would smugmuggle confidently and strut past loaded with contraband items
Etymology: smug + mug + smuggle
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COMMENTS:
so that's how you do it... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:03:00
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Tribalign
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: tribe-er-line
Sentence: So far, the only noticeable achievement of the 'Well-hard Gangstas' attempt to tribalign had been three twisted backs and a dislocated jaw.
Etymology: tribal + align(ment)
Ethnitude
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: Eth - ne - tood
Sentence: Tony was in my face with major ethnitude. He did nothing to help fight stereotyping. His expressions and extreme finger gestures guaranteed that he always stood out from the crowd.
Etymology: Ethnic: Belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country. Attitude: Position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action or emotion.
Malabash
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: mal/a/bash
Sentence: His odd gesticulations were intended to malabash his opponent whom he considered nothing but a vainglorious vegan and a wicked wench to boot.
Etymology: Mal: abnormal + abash: to astonish or destroy the self-confidence or self-possession of another
Flintstonerisms
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: Flint/stohn/er/isms
Sentence: The group of young people dancing, prancing and gesticulating could only be described as an exhibition of their Flintstonerisms.
Etymology: Flintstones + stoners + mannerisms
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COMMENTS:
yabadabado - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-29: 10:36:00
But dinosaurs can do the flintstonerisms too... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 10:41:00
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